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sodium meta·sil·i·cate | \ -ˌme-tə-ˈsi-lə-ˌkāt 
, -ˈsi-li-kət \
, -ˈsi-li-kət \Definition of sodium metasilicate
: a toxic corrosive crystalline salt Na2SiO3 used especially as a detergent or as a substitute for phosphates in detergent formulations
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The first known use of sodium metasilicate was circa 1926
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